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Ford scraps its three-row electric SUV, opening the door for these rivals to dominate

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While Ford is canceling plans to launch its three-row electric SUV, overseas brands like Kia, Hyundai, and Volvo are looking to take advantage. By scrapping its larger SUV, Ford opened the door for rivals to take control of the segment. The reality is that the market changed,” Marin Gjaja, Ford’s COO, told Reuters on Thursday.

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Ford Previews Production-Intent 3-Cylinder 1.0L EcoBoost in Ford Start Concept

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Ford is previewing its smallest-yet EcoBoost turbocharged gasoline direct injection engine—and confirming it for production—at Auto China 2010 in Beijing. engine is applied in the Ford Start Concept, an exploration into a small, sporty car for first-time buyers and urban drivers in future growth markets.

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ColognE-Mobil 2-Year EV Field Trial to Launch in January; 25 Ford BEVs

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The ColognE-Mobil large-scale battery electric vehicle (BEV) field trial in Germany will launch on 4 January 2010, bringing together four partners—the Ford-Werke GmbH, RheinEnergie AG, the city of Cologne and the University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE)—in a project to test electrical mobility in all its aspects under everyday conditions.

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Bush Budget: Plug-ins Hybrids, Not So Much

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Enough fooling around already with fuel cell fantasies such as the three profiled in AutoBlogGreen's recent post on Ford 's FC concept cars. The downsides of fuel cell technology is evident in this straight forward, sympathetic reporting on these concept cars. Just like my Ford Th!nk nk City confiscated in 2004!

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Advanced Turbocharged, Direct Injected Gasoline Engines Poised to Take on Diesels in US and in Europe for Reduced Fuel Consumption and Emissions

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John Kirwan from Delphi presented a 3-cylinder turbocharged SIDI concept, “ a high value solution for meeting Euro 6 in smaller passenger cars ”. Differentiated Analysis of Downsizing Concepts”). Advanced boosting concepts. The Ford/AVL dual fuel E85-gasoline strategy. Tags: Diesel Engines Fuel Efficiency.

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News: 2024 Pebble Beach Debuts

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Many of the new cars were making their North American debuts as concepts that will never make it to market in their current form, but some are near production-ready. Acura Performance EV Concept Future Acura EV? Acura revealed the Performance EV Concept. Here are a few, alphabetically, to whet your automotive taste buds!

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PHEV Energy Bill

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Tags: legislation. Sign the On Line Petition News Summary I HOME.

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